They gained significant internet fame in the 2010s through YouTube creators like Jacksepticeye and Markiplier, who often posted videos reacting to the bots' unpredictable and sometimes eerie responses. Cult Following and Internet Lore
It is fascinating to contrast the Cleverbot-era bots with today's generative powerhouses like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, or Anthropic's Claude. Eviebot / Boibot Modern Generative AI Clevebot (Database Lookup) LLM (Transformer Architecture) Memory Very short-term / Fragmented Long context windows / Thread tracking Creativity Repurposes existing human phrases Generates entirely unique text Visuals Animated, expressive avatar Mostly text-based (shifting to voice/video) Purpose Entertainment and novelty Productivity, coding, writing, research eviebot and boibot
Eviebot was famous for gaslighting users or claiming she was actually the human and you were the robot. The Avatars: They gained significant internet fame in the 2010s